Unit 32

Question 1

Facilitate

Answer 1

(v) to make less difficult

e. g. Schools were located on the same campus to facilitate the sharing of resources.

Question 2

Factotum

Answer 2

(n) a person who does all sorts of work; a handyman
e. g. In Shakespeare’s novel Twelfth Night, the character Malvolio aspires to become more than merely a factotum in the house of lady Olivia.

Question 3

Fallacious

Answer 3

(adj) based on a false idea or fact; misleading
- Fallacy (n)

e.g. The belief of the Nazis that they could create a “master race” was based on the fallacious premise that some races are inherently superior to others.

Question 4

Fallow

Answer 4

(adj) plowed but not sowed; uncultivated
e. g. At the beginning of each school year the teacher looks out at the new students and think of a follow field, ready to be cultivated.

Question 5

Fatuous

Answer 5

(adj) foolishly self-satisfied

e. g. The student could not understand why no one took seriously his fatuous comments.

Question 6

Fauna

Answer 6

(n) animals of a period or region

e. g. When humans introduce fauna from one habitat into another habitat, the ecological balance is upset.

Question 7

Fawning

Answer 7

(adj) seeking favor by flattering

e. g. The boos has a reputation for hiring fawning employees.

Question 8

Felicitous

Answer 8

(adj) suitably expressed; appropriate; well-chosen

e. g. A felicitous phrase.

Question 9

Feral

Answer 9

(adj) existing in a wild or untamed state

e. g. Feral dogs returning to an untamed state after domestication sometimes form packs, becoming a threat to humans.

Question 10

Fervor

Answer 10

(n) warmth and intensity of emotion
- Fervent (adj): full of strong emotion, or impassioned

e.g. American soldiers were welcomed back to the United States with fervor after the end of World War II.